McDATA StorageWorks 64 - SAN Director Switch Planning Manual page 4

Contents
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
iv McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual
Product Management
Product Management.......................................................................2-2
Out-of-Band Management .......................................................2-2
Inband Management .................................................................2-5
Management Interface Summary............................................2-6
Management Server Support ..........................................................2-7
Management Server Specifications .........................................2-8
Ethernet Hub............................................................................2-10
Remote User Workstations.....................................................2-10
Product Firmware........................................................................... 2-11
Firmware Services ...................................................................2-12
Backup and Restore Features ........................................................2-13
SAN Management Applications...................................................2-15
SANavigator and EFCM Applications .................................2-15
SANvergence Manager Application.....................................2-21
SANpilot Interface ..........................................................................2-24
Command Line Interface ...............................................................2-26
Planning Considerations for Fibre Channel Topologies
Fibre Channel Topologies ................................................................3-1
Characteristics of Arbitrated Loop Operation..............................3-2
Shared Mode Versus Switched Mode .....................................3-3
Public Versus Private Devices..................................................3-6
Public Versus Private Loops.....................................................3-8
FL_Port Connectivity ..............................................................3-10
Planning for Private Arbitrated Loop Connectivity..................3-10
Planning for Fabric-Attached Loop Connectivity...................... 3-11
Connecting FC-AL Devices to a Switched Fabric ............... 3-11
Server Consolidation...............................................................3-12
Tape Device Consolidation ....................................................3-13
Fabric Topologies ............................................................................3-14
Mesh Fabric ..............................................................................3-14
Core-to-Edge Fabric ................................................................3-16
SAN Islands..............................................................................3-18
Planning for Multiswitch Fabric Support ...................................3-18
Fabric Topology Limits ...........................................................3-19
Factors to Consider When Implementing a
Fabric Topology .......................................................................3-20